Adam bauder



A. BAUDER, Hame-F-astgner.

N0. 228,022. Patented My 25,1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADAM BAUDER, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR T HUGO RENSOH AN D CHARLES MARTENS, OF SAME PLAGE, ONE-THIRD T0 EAOH.

HAM E-FASTENER.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 228,022, da.ted. May 25, 1880.

Application filet1 November 3, 1879.

T0 all whom 1Lt may concem:

Be it known that I, ADAM BAUDER, a resident 0f the eity of New Orleans, parish 0f Orleans, zmd State 0f Louisiana, have invented 5 a certain uew am]. usefnl Improvement in T-link, whose upper bar, being somewhat wider, is seeured to the strap at the lower end 0f one seeion ot' the hames.

The tenon portion 0f the lever D is curved, so as to fill, when elosed, the mortise in the see- 0 Hame-Fasteners; andI do hereby declare the tion C.

following 110 be a full, e1ear, and correcb del scription 0f the saxne, referenee being had t0 the annexed drawings, meking a peu; 0f this specification.

Thisinvention relates t0 a new und improved device for adjustably seeuring alle lower ends of hannes.

'lhe eonstruetion and applieation 0f the device are elearly shown in the accompanying dra wings to whieh reference 1nust be had.

Figure l is a perspeetive view of the mein section 0f my device, a.nd Fig. 2 an enlarged view 0f a loeking-link whereby one end thereof is secured. Fig. 3 shows be invenion es -applied t0 a pair of hames.

A A are ordinary han1es, partially surrouuded by metal bands b Z), the lower ends of which project a, short; distance below the hames, and are provided With links 0 D the fonner 0f ordinary confi guration and 1she lat- -ter of a T shape, es more elearly shown in Fig. 2.

'l-he locking device consisbs of amet-al pieee,

0 G, one end 0f whieh is eurved, as zu; d. Through the seid portion a mortise is made, in whieh is pivoted the tenon end of a 1ever, D. T he opposite end of the piece O is provided, 0n its outer edge, Wibh a series of notehes,e 0ne 0f 3 5 which is made 130 engage the lower bar of the In securing 1ny device the notched end of seetion O is inserted in the T-shaped link D, and the lower bar thereof engaged by 0ne 0f the notehes. The 1ever D is then swnng 0ut- 5 ward aa1dinsert@d in thelink O, through wl1ich itis pushed es far es possible, when il: is drawn inward until the aforesaid link shall s1ip into the eurved portion 0f the fastening, Ehe strain up0n which will bring and afterward hold be end 0t' the lever D against the section G, es shown in Fig. 3.

Having deseribed my invention, whau I elainn es new, and desire to' seeure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A hame-fastening eomposed 0f sections O D, he ouber end of the formen provided witb notehes e, and the curved portions 0f Ehe tw0 united by a pivots, es deseribed, and f01 the purpose sei; forth.

2. The T- shaped link D, in cou1bination With Ehe pivoted seetions O D a11d link O, f01 fastening tl1e ends 0f hames, as described.

In testimony whereofl have herennto sigued my name.

ADAM BAUDEB.

In presenee of HUGO R1s1vs011, PETER J. FINNEY. 

